Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure, William Thomas Fernie [latest books to read .TXT] 📗

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Mead (honey) . . . 259
Mint, Garden . . . 334
Mustard . . . 380
Nutmeg . . . 393
Pansy . . . 589
Parsnip . . . 414
Peach . . . 419
Pear, perry . . . 422
Pennyroyal . . . 335
Peppermint . . . 339
Pink . . . 433
Primrose, Evening . . . 450
Quince . . . 453
Rosemary . . . 470
Saffron (noble) . . . 486
Sage (for indigestion) . . . 490
Sloe . . . 519
Spearmint . . . 343
Strawberry . . . 538
Tansy . . . 553
Tarragon . . . 555
Thistle, Carline . . . 558
Thyme, Wild . . . 562
Verbena . . . 587
Viper's Bugloss . . . 595
Wallflower . . . 596
Woodruff . . . 609
Woodsorrel . . . 612

CORNS.
Celandine, greater . . . 94
House leek . . . 275
Ivy leaf . . . 282
Potato, boiled . . . 445
Radish juice . . . 456

COUGH.
Bean . . . 416
Bryony, white (bronchial) . . . 67
Cabbage . . . 75
Chamomile (nervous) . . . 85
Cherry, Wild . . . 99
Coltsfoot . . . 117
Dock, yellow curled (bronchial) . . . 163
Elder (croupy) . . . 166
Elecampane . . . 174
Fennel (chronic) . . . 181
Fern, Maidenhair . . . 189
Fig . . . 197
Hedge mustard . . . 381
Hemlock vapour . . . 250
Honey . . . 259
Horehound, Water . . . 269
Horehound, White . . . 267
Lime, Sweet (hard cough) . . . 317
Linseed Flax . . . 203
Liquorice (if hoarse) . . . 319
Marsh Mallow . . . 323
Moon Daisy . . . 147
Mullein (smoke) . . . 361
Mustard, Hedge . . . 382
Nutmeg (chronic) . . . 395
Parietary (old cough) . . . 424
Pear . . . 423
Peppermint . . . 341
Radish (chronic and bilious) . . . 457
Rosemary, wild . . . 474
Speedwell . . . 528
Sundew . . . 544
Turnip syrup . . . 575
Turpentine (bronchial) . . . 578
Violet (spasmodic) . . . 593
Wall Rue (bronchial) . . . 191
Wart-wort (spasmodic) . . . 603

CRAMP.
Cork . . . 426
Mullein root . . . 361
Periwinkle, lesser (legs) . . . 426
Silverweed (belly) . . . 515
Yarrow . . . 619

CROUP.
Elder . . . 166

[632] DEAFNESS, see EAR.

DEBILITY, General.
Chestnut, sweet . . . 105
Fig . . . 196
Hop . . . 264
Lentil . . . 305
Lily of the Valley (nervous) . . . 315
Lupine . . . 306
Mushroom, French . . . 374
Nettle-urtication . . . 384
Orange, bitter . . . 403
Potato, sweet . . . 442
Sage . . . 491
Salep . . . 405
Sea Holly . . . 499
Spinach . . . 530
Truffles (children) . . . 371

DELIRIUM TREMENS.
Capsicum . . . 79
Chamomile . . . 87

DIABETES.
Apple bark . . . 29
Asparagus . . . 36
Fern, Hart's-tongue . . . 188
Iceland Moss . . . 501
Knapweed . . . 296
Stitchwort, greater . . . 536

DIARRHOEA.
ACTIVE LOOSENESS—
Barberry (bilious) . . . 42
Camphor (choleraic) . . . 338
Cinnamon . . . 391
Fool's Parsley . . . 413
Radish . . . 457
Spurge, Wood . . . 534

CHRONIC LOOSENESS—
Fruit, fresh . . . 455
Hart's-tongue Fern . . . 187
House Leek . . . 276
Orchis (Salep) . . . 407
Periwinkle, lesser . . . 428
Quince . . . 453
Sloe . . . 519
Strawberry . . . 540
Water Lily, yellow (for morning looseness) . . . 605

SIMPLE LOOSENESS—
Agrimony . . . 19
Bilberry . . . 52
Bistort, great . . . 607
Blackberry . . . 54
Chamomile (children) . . . 85
Cinquefoil . . . 515
Flag, Sweet . . . 200
Flag, Yellow . . . 202
Flax Purging . . . 204
Ginger . . . 392
Lime Blossom . . . 317
Mace . . . 395
Marsh Mallow . . . 323
Mountain Ash . . . 351
Nutmeg . . . 394
Peppermint . . . 339
Pulsatilla (catarrhal) . . . 21
Rice . . . 462
Service tree . . . 352
Silverweed . . . 515
Tormentil . . . 573

DIPHTHERIA.
Betony, Stone-crop . . . 276
Peppermint oil . . . 342
Tar . . . 580
Turpentine . . . 580

DISINFECTANTS, see ANTI-SEPTICS.

DIZZINESS, see GIDDINESS.

DRINK, Alcoholic.
EFFECTS TO DISPEL—
Acorn spirit . . . 16
Angelica . . . 24
Cabbage . . . 77
Capsicum . . . 79
Chamomile . . . 87
Darnel . . . 243
Ivy . . . 283
Sorrel . . . 161
Strawberry . . . 539
Watercress . . . 133
Wormwood . . . 613

[633] DROPSY.
Artichoke, Globe . . . 549
Asparagus (heart) . . . 36
Bee sting . . . 261
Blackberry . . . 55
Broom (heart) . . . 62
Butcher's broom . . . 65
Cabbage . . . 77
Christmas Rose . . . 108
Currant, Black, leaves . . . 140
Fennel . . . 181
Hyssop, hedge . . . 279
Juniper berries (kidney) . . . 292
Lily of the Valley (heart) . . . 315
Onion . . . 210
Pellitory of Wall (heart) . . . 424
Plantain, Water . . . 436
Rosemary (heart) . . . 472
Shepherd's Purse (kidney) . . . 512
Toadflax . . . 566

DROWSINESS.
Nutmeg . . . 894

DYSENTERY.
Bilberry . . . 52
Daffodil . . . 143
Fruit, fresh . . . 455
Hart's-tongue Fern . . . 187
House Leek . . . 275
Hyssop, Hedge . . . 280
Iceland Moss . . . 501
Marsh Mallow . . . 323
Mustard, Hedge . . . 382
Quince . . . 454
Rice . . . 463
Sanicle . . . 509
Service Tree . . . 352
Strawberry, wild . . . 537
Violet, sweet (infants) . . . 591

EARS.
EAR-ACHE, OR DEAFNESS—
Cabbage . . . 75
Capsicum . . . 80
Caraway poultice . . . 82
Cat's tail . . . 482
Chamomile . . . 86
Christmas Rose . . . 108
Fennel . . . 182
Feverfew (with headache) . . . 194
Garlic . . . 216
Ground Ivy . . . 286
Marigold . . . 328
Mullein (with eczema, or abscess) . . . 362
Onion poultice . . . 211
Plaintain, greater . . . 434
Pulsatilla (catarrhal) . . . 21
Spurge, Wood . . . 534
Yew tincture (giddiness from ear) . . . 622

ECZEMA, see SKIN.

EPILEPSY, Falling Sickness.
Bryony, white . . . 66
Carrot flower . . . 88
Clover, sweet . . . 113
Club Moss . . . 116
Cuckoo flower . . . 134
Daffodil . . . 143
Elder flower . . . 171
Fool's Parsley . . . 412
Goose Grass . . . 234
Juniper berries . . . 293
Lime, sweet . . . 317
Marsh Marigold . . . 331
Mistletoe . . . 346
Mugwort coals . . . 354
Mullein . . . 360
Orange flower . . . 401
Parsley . . . 408, 412
—Fool's . . . 412
Pimpernel . . . 429
Pink . . . 433
Rose, red . . . 466
Rue . . . 476
Skullcap, greater . . . 517
Sea Holly . . . 499
Sea water (gold) . . . 508
Thyme, wild . . . 562
Turpentine . . . 579
Valerian . . . 584
[634] Violet, sweet . . . 593
Wormwood . . . 614
Yarrow . . . 617
Yew . . . 622

ERYSIPELAS.
Bee sting . . . 260
House Leek . . . 275
Primula . . . 449
Strawberry, wild . . . 537

EYES.
FOR WEAK OR INFLAMED—
Apple poultice . . . 28
Cabbage (scrofulous) . . . 78
Capsicum . . . 80
Clary . . . 492
Eyebright . . . 177
Fennel . . . 180
Fool's Parsley (scrofulous) . . . 412
House Leek . . . 275
Ivy . . . 282
Marsh Mallow . . . 324
Parsley . . . 409
Rose water . . . 466
Saint John's Wort . . . 288
Saliva . . . 178
Sloe . . . 519
Snail poultice . . . 411
Strawberry . . . 539
Succory (amaurosis) . . . 541
Turpentine (rheumatic) . . . 577
Valerian . . . 585
Verbena . . . 587

TO STRENGTHEN VISION—
Asafetida . . . 219
Blackthorn . . . 519
Bogbean (amaurosis) . . . 59
Caraway . . . 83
Darnel . . . 243
Fennel (for cataract) . . . 180
Fumitory . . . 208
Parsley . . . 409
Puffball . . . 368
Rice . . . 477
Saffron . . . 488
Stitchwort . . . 536
Thyme, wild . . . 563
Vine sap . . . 238

TO REDUCE A BLACK EYE—
Bryony, white . . . 66
Hyssop . . . 273

TO REMOVE SPECKS—
Celandine, greater . . . 94
Meadow sage . . . 492

SIGHT IMPAIRED BY THE USE OF—
Chicory . . . 542
Parsley . . . 409
Rice (in excess) . . . 477
Stye in eye (gold ring) . . . 515

FAINTING, For.
Dodder . . . 112
Nutmeg . . . 394
Rosewater, sprinkle . . . 467

FAT, to Reduce.
Bladderwrack . . . 504
Fennel seed . . . 181
Goose Grass . . . 233

FATIGUE, to Lessen.
Grapes . . . 239
Honey . . . 257
Hop . . . 264
Sorrel soup . . . 160

FERTILITY, to Promote.
Leek . . . 220
Potato . . . 446

FEVER, to Allay.
Apple tea . . . 30
Barley water . . . 45
Currant, Red, juice . . . 138
Fumitory (malarious) . . . 208
Grapes . . . 236
Lemon (intermittent) . . . 302
Lettuce, garden 310
[635] Marigold (low fever) . . . 328
Quince . . . 454
Raspberry vinegar . . . 460
Rice . . . 463
Rose, French crimson . . . 464
Soapwort (low fever) . . . 523
Sorrel, Wood . . . 162-611
Strawberry (putrid) . . . 540
Tamarind . . . 551
Vernal Grass (hay fever) . . . 241

FLATULENCE.
Angelica . . . 23
Aniseed . . . 25
Burnet Saxifrage . . . 430
Capsicum . . . 81
Caraway . . . 82
Cinnamon . . . 391
Clove . . . 396
Club Moss . . . 114
Coriander . . . 123
Cumin . . . 136
Dill (Infants) . . . 156
Fennel seed . . . 181
Flag, Sweet . . . 201
Ginger . . . 392
Juniper berries . . . 293
Lavender . . . 297
Nutmeg . . . 393
Orange, Seville . . . 403
Peppermint . . . 339
Pink . . . 438
Rice (to avoid) . . . 462
Rue . . . 475
Spearmint . . . 343
Tansy . . . 553
Thyme, wild . . . 562
Turnips (to avoid) . . . 575
Valerian . . . 585
Wormwood . . . 613
Yarrow . . . 617

FLEAS, and other Insects, to destroy.
Lavender oil . . . 296
Pennyroyal . . . 334
Walnut . . . 600
Water-lily, yellow . . . 605
Water Pepper . . . 606
Wormwood . . . 355

FLIES, to destroy, or prevent.
Chamomile . . . 85
Elder . . . 165
Feverfew . . . 193
Horehound . . . 268
Toadflax . . . 566

FRECKLES, to Remove.
Anise . . . 26
Cowslip . . . 125
Fumitory . . . 208
Savin . . . 494
Silverweed . . . 515
Solomon's Seal . . . 525
Speedwell . . . 529
Strawberry . . . 540

FROST-BITES, for
Potato flour . . . 445

FRUITS which do not turn Acid in Stomach.
Apple . . . 29
Mulberry . . . 358
Quince . . . 454
Raspberry . . . 460
Strawberry . . . 538

FUNDAMENT, SORE, and see PILES.
Fig . . . 197
Figwort water . . . 198
Hemlock, apply . . . 249
Nettle, (for itching of) . . . 385
Thyme, Cat . . . 565
Water Pepper . . . 606

GIDDINESS.
Chestnut, Horse . . . 103
Cowslip . . . 125
Lily of the Valley . . . 314
Mistletoe (epileptiform) . . . 349
Nutmeg . . . 393
[636] Parsley . . . 408
Rue . . . 476
Spearmint . . . 343
Tansy . . . 553
Thistle, Blessed . . . 558
Yew, (connected with ear) . . . 622

GLANDS, Scrofulous, Enlarged to Reduce.
Bladderwrack (goitre) . . . 503
Burdock . . . 163
Clover, sweet . . . 113
Cresses . . . 130
Cumin, plaster . . . 136
Dock, yellow curled . . . 163
Dodder . . . 112
Dulse . . . 501
Fennel . . . 182
Foxglove ointment . . . 206
Garlic . . . 215
Goosegrass . . . 232
Hemlock . . . 251
House Leek . . . 275
Linseed oil . . . 203
Marjoram (of breast) . . . 332
Mugwort . . . 356
Parsley (and snails) . . . 409
Peach (goitre) . . . 419
Rose Rock . . . 470
Sea Tang . . . 502
Sea Weeds . . . 497
Valerian